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Jackson ran in a 5k last weekend to raise money for the local food bank. If he raised $25 for each kilometer he ran, how much money did he raise?
He raised $125.
100
Jamarie is making fruit salad for her class. The recipe calls for 2 pints of peaches. If she decides to double the recipe, how many CUPS of peaches will she use?
If she doubles the recipe, she will use 4 pints of peaches. 4 pints = 8 cups.
100
feet inches 12 feet ???
12 feet is equal to 144 inches.
100
Trayvon is building a picnic table for his 4th of July barbeque. He wants to build a table in the shape of an octagon, and he wants to make all the sides equal. If each side is 40 inches long, what is the perimeter of his table?
The perimeter is 320 inches.
100
The garden in Ms. Ziegler's backyard is in the shape of a rectangle. The length is 12 feet and the width is 8 feet. What is the area?
The area is 96 square feet.
200
Tyriq drank 2 liters of chocolate milk. Brandon drank 10,000 milliliters of strawberry milk. Which boy drank more? HOW MUCH MORE?
Brandon drank 8,000 milliliters more than Tyriq.
200
Shantay is measuring the length of her curls. One curl is 37 inches long. Another curl is 2 and 1/2 feet long. The last curl is 1 yard long. Which curl is the longest?
The curl that is 37 inches long is the longest.
200
Meters Centimeters ??? 400
400 centimeters=4 meters
200
Mia's favorite toy is the shape of an equilateral triangle. She measured the perimeter, and discovered that the perimeter is 54 centimeters. What does each side of the triangle measure?
Each side of the triangle is 18 centimeters long. You know they are all the same length, since it is an equilateral triangle.
200
Saturday, the carnival is coming to the Hamden Plaza. The parking lot is 50 feet long and 20 feet wide. What is the area?
The area is 1,000 square feet.
300
Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi are selling lemonade. Mario sold 2 liters. Luigi sold one and a half liters. Yoshi sold 450 milliliters. How much lemonade did they sell?
They sold 3,950 milliliters of lemonade.
300
During the Revolutionary War, soldiers often worried that their commander in chief would leave without them and they would be stranded. Commander Washington told his troops that they had exactly 85 minutes to get to the Delaware River, or else he was going to leave them behind. If it was 2:30 am when he said that, what time do the soldiers need to be at the river?
3:55 am. 85 minutes= 1 hour and 25 minutes, so I added one hour and 25 minutes to 2:30 am.
300
Gallons Cups 7 gallons ???
7 gallons=112 cups
300
Ms. Whitchello made the 2nd graders draw perfect squares and then find the area of them. It doesn't seem like an art skill, but that didn't stop her. If the area of Donna's square was 49 square inches, what is the perimeter?
The perimeter is 28 inches. Since you know that the area is 49 square inches, and you know that the shape was a square, you can infer that each side must be equal to 7 inches. So, 7 x 4=28 inches.
300
Mrs. Dean and Ms. Ziegler are always bickering about who has the bigger backyard. Mrs. Dean's backyard is in the shape of a square, and the length is 27 feet. Ms. Ziegler's yard is in the shape of a rectangle, with a length of 15 feet and a width of 13 feet. Whose backyard is bigger?
Mrs. Dean's backyard is bigger, because the area is 729 square feet. Ms. Ziegler's backyard has an area of 195 square feet, so it is smaller.
400
Brenda is bringing her prized pot-belly pig to the 4H competition at the state fair. For each kilogram that her pig weighs, she will receive $7.50. Her pig, Chubsy, weighs 6,500 grams. How much money will she receive?
She will receive $45.00. Chubsy weighs 6,500 grams, which is equal to 6 and 1/2 kilograms. She will get 7.50 for each kilogram, so she gets $7.50, 6 times.
400
Suzanna has 2 feet of ribbon. She wants to give the same amount to each of her 6 friends. How much ribbon will each friend get? HINT: 1 foot=12 inches
Each friend will receive 4 inches of ribbon. 2 feet is equal to 24 inches, and 24 divided by 6 is 4.
400
Pounds Ounces ??? 160 ounces
160 ounces=10 pounds
400
Bob came up with this math question to try to stump you! Don't let him stump you! Draw a rectangle. The length is 3 times the width. If the area is 48 square meters, what is the perimeter?
The perimeter is 32 meters. You can first determine that the area, 48 square meters, is equal to 12 x 4. Since you know that the length is 3 times the width, the W must be 4 and the L is 12. Then, you can add 12+12+4+4 to get 32 meters.
400
Rico likes to have lots of space to run around in the backyard. The veterinarian says he needs at least 250 square feet. If his space is a rectangular space, with a length of 20 feet and a width of 15 feet, does it meet the requirements?
Yes, it meets the requirements. Rico's space has an area of 300 square feet, so it has 50 square feet of extra space.
500
Which is greater, 750 kilometers or 750 miles?
750 miles is greater, because 1 mile is greater than 1 kilometer.
500
A pound of bananas cost $1.50. Randall bought one and one half pounds. He paid for his bananas with a $10 bill. How much change should he receive?
He should receive $7.75 back. One pound costs 1.50, and a half pound costs .75, so he spent $2.25 on bananas. His change from a $10 is 7.75.
500
Minutes Hours 375 minutes ???
375 minutes= 6 hours and 15 minutes
500
Using a ruler, draw an equilateral, 6 sided figure with a perimeter of 24 inches.
You should have drawn a hexagon, with all sides equal to 4 inches in length.
500
The mayor of New Haven wants to build a new mall downtown. The lot he wants to put it in is a large square, with a perimeter of 140 yards. What is the area of this square?
The area of the lot is 1,225 square feet.
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